Yang Tinghe supported Li Guang's opinion.
Chang Feng asked: "Oh? Why? Master Yang, please explain clearly."
Yang Tinghe took a sip of tea and said, "The reasons are very complicated."
"If this matter is made public, the emperor will have to send people to investigate such a sensational case. Then there will be a big prison. There will be chaos in the southeast."
"I once told Chang Qianhu that the southeast is the financial and tax center of the imperial court. If there is chaos in the southeast, the imperial government's finances will inevitably be unable to make ends meet."
Fatty Xu interjected: "The treasury can't bear the loss, right? If the criminal is caught, the house will be ransacked. I've long heard that the gentry in the southeast are as rich as the world. Why don't they just copy out hundreds or tens of millions of silver?"
Yang Tinghe shook his head slightly: "What you are doing is fishing for the best. In the long run, it will still be detrimental to the government's finances."
"Moreover, if the emperor wipes out the gentry from the southeast and confiscates all their homes, how will history books and future generations evaluate the emperor?"
"When Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne and changed the name of the country, he killed all the gentry in the southeast and took all their wealth? Future generations will say that the emperor was a cruel and ruthless king who was greedy for money and goods!"
"Don't forget, history books are written by literati. If the literati of the Ming Dynasty look at their ancestral home, I'm afraid 80% of them are in the southeast!"
Chang Feng nodded slightly: "That makes sense."
Yang Tinghe said: "For the long-term peace of the court. For the emperor's holy name, we must put an end to the matter."
Li Guang smiled broadly: "Master Yang is a famous young talent in the imperial court. What he said makes sense and stands up."
"Okay! The imperial envoys and envoys have spoken. Chang Qianhu, burn the confession quickly."
Chang Feng hesitated.
Li Guang tried to persuade him: "Don't be stunned. I say Chang Qianhu, you are Empress Zhang's benefactor and the grandson of the old internal minister. And you have the favor of the emperor. You have a bright future."
"Why bother asking for trouble? Go and make enemies of a bunch of officials and gentry in the southeast?"
"I'm going to say something unpleasant. Even if you want to die, don't use people like us as your backing!"
Chang Feng turned to look at Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling: "Two young uncles, what are your opinions?"
Zhang Heling licked the honey and said, "We don't understand what you are talking about. Whatever Brother Chang says, we will do it."
"Our eldest sister said it. We are going to Beijing on business with Brother Chang. If you ask us to go east, we can't go west. If you ask us to poop, we can't fart!"
Chang Feng was confused again.
Yang Tinghe took the confession directly from Chang Feng.
Chang Feng said: "Mr. Yang, you..."
Yang Tinghe placed the confession next to the candle, lit it, and threw it into the copper basin next to it.
Yang Tinghe murmured: "There can be no chaos in the southeast. When a new king is established, there must be no chaos in the court."
Li Guangdao: "Hey, okay! Now the confession has been burned. You Tianjue, come in!"
You Tianjue heard Li Guang's shout and pushed the door open.
Li Guang ordered: "Go out and kill that female cadre carefully! Damn it, he colluded with the Japanese pirates, he will die badly! Stab him a few more times!"
You Tianjue raised his hand and said, "Yes."
Chang Feng did not stop You Tianjue and remained silent.
The confession has been burned, and the female cadre Zhao Sanhu is also dead. The case of the Sihaihui's Japanese invasion is dead and there is no proof.
However, Chang Feng always had a feeling of anger in his heart. He was angry with those officials and gentry, and regarded the coastal people as two-legged sheep. For their own interests, regardless of the lives of the people.
They are real bright girls!
Chang Feng didn't want to let it go. He wanted to teach the officials and gentry in the southeast a lesson. But there is no good solution for the time being. We have to take a long-term approach.
At night, he couldn't sleep. Came outside the bedroom.
Yang Tinghe didn't fall asleep either. Sitting on a chair looking at the bright moon in the sky.
Chang Feng sat opposite Yang Tinghe: "Master Yang. I am unwilling to do so."
Yang Tinghe said: "It doesn't matter whether you are an official, a person, or do something. How can you fulfill everyone's wishes?"
"Major murderous cases such as the Kongyin case, the Lanyu case, and the Hu Weiyong case can appear in
Hongwu Dynasty, but cannot appear in this dynasty. "
"Master Hongwu is the founding king of the country. He conquered the world. No one can stop him from doing anything he wants to do."
"The current emperor is different. He has just ascended the throne and his foundation is unstable. If a big prison arises, I fear..."
Yang Tinghe originally wanted to say "Guozuo has changed", but he never said it.
Chang Feng said: "I know, Mr. Yang, you are looking at the overall situation."
Yang Tinghe said: "It's the same old saying. The past emperors and the current emperor all know more or less about the troubles in the southeast."
"There is a reason why they choose to turn a blind eye!"
"As long as the southeastern gentry pay taxes honestly and support the national treasury, there are some things that we can only turn a blind eye to."
The Japanese pirates have retreated. It's time for Chang Feng and others to leave Yongning Guard and head south to Oyster Mirror.
You Tianjue took a hundred people to escort them south.
After traveling fifty miles, You Tianjue said: "Come on, gentlemen, two or three miles further south is the jurisdiction of Chongwuwei. At the end of the day, I will bring Paoze back."
Chang Feng asked: "You Zhenfu. There is something that has always been strange to me. Yongning is a guard, and as the chief general of Yongning Guard City, you should be the commander. Why just Zhenfu?"
You Tianjue explained: "Ahem. All the ancestors of the You family have been hereditary commanders. However, after my father died, I went to Beijing to go to the Ministry of War to go through the formalities for the appointment, and I didn't have enough money."
"I can't respect the chief of the Military Selection Department. As soon as the chief was unhappy, he changed my rank from a third-rank commander to a fourth-rank commander."
Chang Fengdao nodded: "I see. You have guarded Yongning for four years and are quite famous. In yesterday's battle alone, you killed a thousand enemies."
"After returning to the capital, I'll say hello to the Ministry of War. I'll promote you back to commander."
You Tianjue smiled bitterly: "Kill the enemy by a thousand? The superiors at the Military Preparation Road will allocate three hundred. The superiors at Dusi Yamen will allocate five hundred."
"It would be great if two hundred Japanese pirate heads can be counted on our Yongning Guards' heads in the end."
Chang Feng comforted him: "Don't worry. I have a little bit of friendship with Bingbu Zhengtang. If Bingbu doesn't promote you back to the secular position, I will go to Mabu Tang to reason."
"Ma Butang is a very reasonable person."
You Tianjue handed over his hand: "Thank you very much!"
Chang Feng and others traveled all the way south and finally arrived at Oyster Mirror at the end of May.
Oyster Mirror is actually a small island. Close to the border of Guangdong. Since the coastal islands are under the jurisdiction of the governor of Fujian, they belong to Fujian.
Oyster mirror has been the territory of China since ancient times.
Oyster Mirror had another name in later generations: Macau.
Eight hundred miles across the sea from Oyster Mirror, there is an island a thousand times larger than Oyster Mirror, called Dongfan Island.
Like Oyster Mirror, Dongfan Island has been Chinese territory since ancient times and is an integral part of China.
What Dongfan Island will be called in later generations is inconvenient to state clearly here.
On the sixth day of June, Chang Feng and others presented the Poseidon Pearl to Mazu Temple. On behalf of the emperor, he paid homage to the Poseidon of the South China Sea.
Chang Feng saw the "English singing and dancing" mentioned by You Tianjue. As expected, it is both heroic and elegant.
Historical records record: "In the first year of Hongzhi, the Oyster Mirror Mazu Temple was built, and the emperor sent people to worship it."
The sacrifice is over. Chang Feng, however, did not intend to let go of those Ming Nuqian who were full of benevolence, justice and morality in the southeast so easily.
